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Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based ServicesJanuary 23, 2023
Rhode Island State Ombudsman, Kathy Heren, was interviewed by RI News Today on the Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Homes.
January 22, 2023
Hawaii State Ombudsman, John McDermott, was interviewed by The Garden Island, on the expansion of the Ombudsman program.
January 19, 2023
The Connecticut State Department of Public Health issued an “immediate jeopardy” order to a Newtown nursing home owned by Athena Health Care Systems, indicating that the state found conditions at the facility that could cause serious harm or death. Mairead Painter, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, said the Newtown facility was among the five Athena homes that received the most complaints between October 2021 and September 2022.